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Mali Crisis Map

The conflict in Mali uprooted hundreds of thousands of people, who fled to areas that were already struggling after a drought last year across the Sahel region of Africa. The northern part of the country was particularly hard hit. A Food Security Assessment in September indicated that three out of four families living in northern Mali were food insecure and heavily dependent on food assistance. WFP is assisting over a million people in Mali this year, in addition to another 150,000 refugees. Find out more